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This is an interesting perspective. I appreciate the importance of meritocracy (which is more of an American myth, as other factors have always held greater sway than merit). While I'm an avid Francophile, what I don't appreciate about the French is their historic obsession with conformity (which you refer to as "integration.") When the ideal is conformity, we lose the value of alternate perspectives, which often offers the greatest opportunities for innovation. That is why I prefer the metaphor of a tossed salad over a "melting pot."

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